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Specieation of Letters Patent. Pgrtnjd Unt. 19, QQ.,

Applieatcn `filed May 3, 1909il Serial No. 493,798. s

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE MassHALL, a citizen or the United States of America, residing in Fremont, in the county, of Dodge and State or' Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMachines for hl'alring Shocks, of which the following is a speciiication.

sually the sheaves dropped by a binding machine are collectedby hand and formed into shocks by setting them up enolwise around each other and applying cap sheaves. This is a slow and laborious task. The shocks are not secure, being liable to fall to pieces in high winds. It has heretofore been proposed to form shocks by machinery, `but so iar as I am aware such machirles have never gone into extensive use, owing probably to complications or imperfections in the mechanism or in the prohibitive cost of the machines.

According to 1ny invention I have provided mechanism for forming shocks which is at once simple, durable andcllicient, being adapted to expeditiously form shocks which are tight and strong, easily manipulated and not liable to fall to pieces in high winds or when being handled. I provide a wagon on which I place upright posts or standards so spaced as to receive a number4 of sheaves and'liold them while being bound. The wagon .which travels abreast of the bindenreceives the sheaves as fast as formed on an elevator whichhextends from the place .vhere the bundle carrier or the binder is usually attachedto the side of .the wagon and drops the sheaves therein. A rope attached to the bottom ofthe wagon extends through a hole'in the wagon, around a pul? ley mounted on the underside of the wagon and then around a windlass or drum, mounted on Ia shaft which carries a sprocket wheel gearing with one of the hind' wheels. The sprocket wheel is able to revolve inde )endently of the shaft which carries the rum, but the drum is rigidly attached to the shaft and said shaft carries a clutch member which revolves atfall times with the sha-ft and which is adapted to engage a clutch member rigidly connected with the' sprocket wheel. Mechanism is provided for throwing the clutch members into and out of engagement with each other, jthe operationbein such that when these members are engage and the wagn is traveling 'the drum isrevolved and the compressing rope connected therewith is wound on the drum. A locking pawl or detent is provided which holds the rope taut and by releasing-.this pawl the -rope may be slackened. This 'compressing rope is adapted ,to extend around the ,sheaves or bundles and when drawntight compresses the sheaves into a compact bundle.l Another rope is provided on the loorof the wagon near the posts and when the sheaveslare com pressed by the compressing rope the binding rope is drawn tight and ,tied securely. When the bundle is thus formed I place cap sheaves on it and secure. thesesheaves in place by suitable devices suchas rods, ins or ropes. The shock thus complete is turned into an upright position and moved on to trap doors in the bottom of the wagon at its rear end. These doors are normally held up by bolts, but when the bolts are released the trap doors drop and allow the shock to vfall to the ground. -I have also provided a device for holding up the front or headed endsofifle sheavesas they are being placed between the postsor standards so that the completed bundle lmay be given a uniform shape'on all sides.

In'the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my iinprpved shock- 'ing mechanism showing its relative position to a grain binder while in operation. Fig. 2 isa view of the binding rop` forbinding the sheaves together after they have been formed into a bundle` Fig. 3 shows a rope which may be employed for attaching the cap sheaves to the bundle. Fig. 4 shows a rod which may also be employed for attaching the cap sheaves to the bundle. Fig. 5 is a perspective view, showing how a number of bundles or sheaves are placed in position to be compressed and bound. Fig. 6 shows the next step where the sheaves are compressed and bound Atightly by' the binding rope. 'Fig'. is a perspective view, showing how the shock is turned up on its end over the trap doors and the cap sheaves are ap# plied. Fig. 8 shows how 'the trap doors are..

opened and the shock dropped on" to the ground. Fig. 9 is a rear elevation on an enticularly thev means for winding the com.

v pressing rope. Fig. '10 is a bottom plan view cured to a rod d1 mounted to turn 1n brackf on an enlarged scalel showing the mechanism just referred to. l

My improved shocking mechanism is intended to be, used especially in connection with grain binders. The binding machine A needs no material modification 'but instead of delivering the bundles to the ground it delivers to an endless elevator or carrier. Bwhich may be of any Asultable construc-V tion. As shown, itis an endless elevator or carrier operated by gearing from the harvesting machine, hinged to brackets (aprojectino' from theframe of the binder and provided at'its upper end with a bale b1 to which is attached a rope b2 by means of which the carrier may be elevated and depressed at will. l

The wagon C may beof any suitable kind.V It may sometimes be used for other purposes on a farm but it is adapted especially for use in formin f shocks of grain. At the rear it is provide with trap doors D, each of which is provided with strap hinges d seets d2 secured to the inner face of the side of the wagon. Each rodis formed with a bent arm E, which projects outwardly through a slot or opening e and is adapted to begengaged by a bo t for locking the door in its upright position.

F indicates a sliding bolt, one on each side of the wagon. The forward movement of each bolt is limited by a sto or flange g formed on its rear end. Each liolt is mounted to slide in a guide f. When the doors are elevated. the arms E engage the bolts F in the manner indicated` in Fig.v 5, and at this time 'the'l trap doors are held in a horizontal or level position. In order to permit the trap doors to drop I provide a'lever H which isattached to ayrock shaft H1 (shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1), mounted to turn in bearing brackets attached to the underside of the-Wa on body' and carrying on one end an arm which is connected by a chain h with the adjacent bolt F, thebolt on the opposite side of -the wagon being attached by a chain 71,1 to 4the lever H. By pulling the lever H forward the bolts F are withdrawn from engagement with the arms E and the tra doors will fall, in the manner indicated -in ig. 8. Th'edoors may be elevated by swinging the arms E upwardly and gushing lthe bolts F rearward. The rearwar ment of the lever H may b e limited by `a stop H3. The forward movement of the leverljs limited by means of the chain connection with the bolt F, they forward movement of which is limited bythe stop ange g. VIn the rear part of the wagon body in front of the trap doors are arranged vertical is secured to a shaft La a each other.

postsor standards K which-enter and closely fit in. sockets in the bottom of the wagon. These posts are of sutlicent Iength'and are spaced suitably to accommodate a number of s eaves or bundles of grain. The posts are secured in their sockets but may be removed when desired. As shown, the posts are spaced'to accommodate twenty-five sheaves t ough of course-a different number may be taken to form a shock.

'A bent rod W is hinged to the bottom of the wagon in front of the posts K. When the-sheaves are bein laid within the posts their front or heade yends are made to rest on the bent lrod W, in the manner indicated in Fig. 6 so that the front ends of the lower layer of sheaves will be so elevated that the completed *bundle or shock will have the same shape on al1 sides.

A compressing rope the bottom of-t 'e wagon near the posts K and extends through a slot or hole l1 and then'around a pulley L1 mountedfin `brackets on the bottom of the wagon, and thence to a drum or windlass L2 to whic one end of the ropje is attached. The drum qt' lwindlass L2 nged crosswise ofthe wagon and mounted in brackets L. At its outer end the shaft carries a sprocket wheel L5 which is mountedv loosely on the shaft but is connected by chain 'gearing M with a' sprocket wheel M1, connected Iwith,

one ofthe driving wheel N or with the axle l on which 'said wheel is mounted. To the sprocket wheel L2s is secured a clutch member L whicliis loose on the shaft Ls and this is adapted to engage, af; clutch member L', which, while freetoslide on the shaft L',

is mounted to-always revolve therewith. It

is obvious that ifthe clutch membersare'in engagement with Aeach other and the wheel N is tuned the drum L2 will be correspondingly turned. B ut when theclutch members are disengaged the wheel N may revolve without revolving the drum L2.` In order to operate the clutch I providea lever O fulcrumed at 0 to thebottom of the wagon and provided with a forked end o1 which engages the clutch member L", in the manner clearly shown. 4A spring, P attached at one end to the bottom of the wagon and at its vopposite end to the lever O between its pivot and4 its forked 'end tends to dsen age the clutch members. The forward en of the lever O is connected by a link p with a. lever Q hinged to the side of the wagom '.By o

verating this lever the clutch members may e throwninto and out of engagement with On the shaft La is a ratchet wheel R engaged by a pawl R1. This pawl is normally held by gravity in enga ement with the ratchet wheel but may be t rown out of engagement therewith by 'means ofa rod R2,"

senese the. bent end of which r1 is adaptedto bear against the pawl and raise it. The rod R2 is mounted to turn in bearings r2 and its outer end is bent upwardly and extends through a slot r3 in 'the bottoni `of the wagon. The up per end :"4 of the rod is within convcnient reach of the workman who can, by operating the rod, throw the detent paw] out of engagement with the ratchet wheel. 'l (Fig.

indicates a binding rope which, before any sheaves are pl'aced between the posts K, is laid across the wagon in the manner indicated in Figl. One end of this rope is looped at t and is held by apost or standard T1. The rope is also provided with a loop t1 to facilitate in tying it. Before sheaves are placed between the posts the compressing rope is arranged in the manner indicated in '.Fig. 1.

An attendant receives the lbundles or sheaves as they are delivered to the elevator and places them between the posts K until a suitable number have been deposited therein, as indicated in Fig. 5,' the rope T being so placed that as the sheaves are deposited between the posts they will lie on top of the rope, the rope L being looped in th manner indicated in Fig. l. `When a suitable number of bundles have been placed between the posts the compressing rope is made to surround the bundles in the manner indicated in Fig. 6 and then the lever Q, is operated to throw the clutch members into engagement with each other so that as the wagon moves on the rope is wound up on the drum L2 and the rope is drawn taut around the'sheaves which are thus compressedinto a compact bundle. Then the bindingrope T is drawn around the bundle and tied in the manner indicated in Fie. G. As soon as this is done the rod R2 mayrbe operated to raise the pawl R1 and thus slacken the tension on the rope L which may now be removed from thebundle and thrown to one side. After the binding rope hasfbeenit-ied the shock may be turned to an upright lposition as indie/ated in Fig, 7, and cap sheaves S may be applied and se cured to the bundle by means if metallic rods or pins V, such as shown in Fig. Li, or by means of cords X, such as shown in Fig. 3.

. As indicated the cord X is provided with a hook a: which may be made to engage the binding rope T, in the manner indicated in l Fig. 7, and then the cord may be drawn over the top of the shock andover the cap sheaves and its end tied to the rope T on the opposite side of the shock. Preferably the cap sheaves are arranged in the manner indilcated in order to best shed Water. In placing;

vthe sheaves between the posts K the middle row is made to project slightly at the front as indicated in Fig. 5. Iii-this way thecap sheaves are better held and ltir spaces are provided both at the top and at the bottom f pressin ofthe shock. A suitable number of lengths of binding' ropes T and siiocl{-seciii'iiig cords or pins V may be carried in a box U preferably located. at the bach of the wagon.

,compressing rope to drawn taut and secure the binding rope. inv like manner the trap doors may be quickly operated either to open or to close them.

I claim as iny invention:

1. The combinationv with a binding machine of' means forming shocks, conn prising a wagon adapted to travel abreast of the binding machine, elevatingr 'ina-bebenism on the bindingmachine for delivering sheaves tolthe wagon, upright posts-detach ably connected to the wagon and adapted to receive between theni a number of sheaves, a compressing` rope attached to the rear por tion of'tlie wagon body, and a drinn or Windlass to which the rope is connected and which is operatively connected with one o thecairying wheels of the wagon.

2. The combination of a wagon having trapv doors in the rear part of its body pon' tion, upright posts attached, to the wagon body in front of the doors, a compressing rope attached at one end 'to thevvagon body in front of thedoors and extending throu hv the body in front of the doors on the un er side of the wagon, a drum to which the coinpressing rope is attached, and mechanism operated by the'wagon wheels for actuating f the drum.

3. The combination of a wagonhaving trap doors in the rear part of its body portion, a compressing, rope attached at one end to the wagon body and extendingv through the wagon body in front 'of the doors, a drumV on the under side of the wagon to which the compressing rope is attached, and means for connecting the drum with one of the wagon wheels and for disconnecting it therefrom.

4. The combination of a wagon, e coinwagon ody at a point considerably in advance of its rear end and which extends through the wagon body, a drum on the under side of the wagon to which the compressing rope is attached,v a shaft to which the drum is secured, a clutch member attached to the shaft, another clutch member geared with one of the wagon Wheels, means for shifting the clutch,r detent mechanism for holding the drain Aagainst rotation after the compressing ropevhas been drawn taut and after the clutch members have been separope attached at one end to thel 4. l `amm rated, and devices for controlling the detent end of the sheaves as they .are-placedbemechanism.- tween the posts. j

5. `The combination of the wagon body, a In testimony whereof, I have hereunto compressing ope, means for operating the subscribed my name.

5 rope, posts onstandards attached to theA v GEORGE MARSHALL.

wagon body between which the Asheavesvare Witnesses: piled, and means in the: wa on'body for S."S. SIDNER,

holding up above the level of i; e'-wagon one Jilxxssnsz MILLER. 

